BOB WEST (L-18, 20, 21, 22), District 04, Texas

A field is the Railroad Commission's unit of geology and of regulation. Its spacing rule is what decides how many wells an acreage can hold.

Leases
61
with a page here
Operators
9
Value, all time
$697.2 M
64% of the register's 95
Discovered
1992-08-31
Gas

Our estimate: volumes the operator filed with the Commission, valued at the EIA first-purchase price for that month. It is not a payment anyone received, and it is not a royalty. It sums the 61 leases in this field that have a page here — 64% of the register's 95 — so it understates the field.

Production, 2025

The Railroad Commission's Oil and Gas Annual Report for 2025, its most recent. These are the state's figures for the whole field, not ours.

WellsIn the fieldProducingProduced in 2025Also producedCumulative
Gas7828527,579 mcf0 bblcondensate378,834,868 mcfsince 1970

Spacing rule

What the Commission requires of a well on this field.

WellsRuleEffectiveFrom the lease lineBetween wellsAcres per unitMax diagonal
GasB2008-04-24467 ft0 ft400 ft
GasO2008-04-24467 ft0 ft2099,999 ft

Commission remarks: REMAIN SUSPENDED.

County

Leases in this field

Every lease here files this field's number with the Commission and has a page on this site.

LeaseOperatorValue
USAMERIT ENERGY COMPANY$76.9 M
USAMERIT ENERGY COMPANY$61.2 M
USAMERIT ENERGY COMPANY$52.0 M
USAMERIT ENERGY COMPANY$36.7 M
USAMERIT ENERGY COMPANY$34.3 M
COW CREEK CORPORATION ET ALMERIT ENERGY COMPANY$30.3 M
USAMERIT ENERGY COMPANY$27.3 M
USACANTERA OPERATING, LLC$26.7 M
RAMIREZ-USA GU "E"MERIT ENERGY COMPANY$26.6 M
USACANTERA OPERATING, LLC$24.5 M
USAMERIT ENERGY COMPANY$23.7 M
USAMERIT ENERGY COMPANY$22.2 M
USA 1COASTAL OIL & GAS CORPORATION$20.2 M
USAMERIT ENERGY COMPANY$18.3 M
USACANTERA OPERATING, LLC$17.9 M
USAMERIT ENERGY COMPANY$17.3 M
USAMERIT ENERGY COMPANY$16.3 M
USAMERIT ENERGY COMPANY$13.3 M
RAMIREZ-USA GU "E"MERIT ENERGY COMPANY$12.8 M
GUERRA GAS UNIT "A"MERIT ENERGY COMPANY$11.9 M
RAMIREZ-USA GU "E"MERIT ENERGY COMPANY$11.8 M
RAMIREZ-USA GU "E"MERIT ENERGY COMPANY$10.3 M
GUERRA GAS UNIT "A"MERIT ENERGY COMPANY$9.2 M
U.S.A.-GUERRA "B" GAS UNITMERIT ENERGY COMPANY$8.6 M
USAMERIT ENERGY COMPANY$8.5 M
GUERRA GAS UNIT "A"MERIT ENERGY COMPANY$6.5 M
YZAGUIRRE, J.BEEHIVE OPERATING, LLC$6.0 M
RAMIREZ-USA GU "E"MERIT ENERGY COMPANY$5.8 M
GUERRA-USA GAS UNIT "D"MERIT ENERGY COMPANY$5.8 M
GUERRA GAS UNIT "A"MERIT ENERGY COMPANY$5.6 M
RAMIREZ-USA GU "E"MERIT ENERGY COMPANY$5.6 M
U.S.A.-GUERRA "B" GAS UNITMERIT ENERGY COMPANY$5.3 M
YZAGUIRRE, J.BEEHIVE OPERATING, LLC$5.1 M
USAMERIT ENERGY COMPANY$5.1 M
YZAGUIRRE, J.BEEHIVE OPERATING, LLC$3.6 M
RAMIREZ-USA GU "E"MERIT ENERGY COMPANY$3.3 M
GUERRA-U.S.A. GAS UNIT "C"MERIT ENERGY COMPANY$3.2 M
YZAGUIRRE, D. HEIRSBEEHIVE OPERATING, LLC$2.8 M
GUERRA-U.S.A. GAS UNIT "C"MERIT ENERGY COMPANY$2.5 M
GUERRA GAS UNIT "A"MERIT ENERGY COMPANY$2.3 M
YZAGUIRRE, J.BEEHIVE OPERATING, LLC$2.1 M
RAMIREZ-YZAGUIRRE GAS UNITBEEHIVE OPERATING, LLC$1.5 M
GUERRA-USA GAS UNIT CMERIT ENERGY COMPANY$1.4 M
YZAGUIRRE, J.BEEHIVE OPERATING, LLC$947 k
U.S.A.-GUERRA "B" GAS UNITMERIT ENERGY COMPANY$724 k
RAMIREZ-YZAGUIRRE GAS UNITBEEHIVE OPERATING, LLC$672 k
GUERRA GAS UNIT "A"MERIT ENERGY COMPANY$498 k
YZAGUIRRE, J.MILAGRO EXPLORATION, LLC$456 k
GUERRA-USA GAS UNIT "D"MERIT ENERGY COMPANY$408 k
GUERRA GAS UNIT "A"MERIT ENERGY COMPANY$356 k
GUERRA-U.S.A. GAS UNIT "D'EL PASO PRODUCTION OIL & GAS CO.$287 k
YZAGUIRRE, D. HEIRSEL PASO E & P COMPANY, L. P.$169 k
GUERRA GAS UNIT "A"MILAGRO EXPLORATION, LLC$121 k
GUERRATRANSTEXAS GAS CORPORATION$3 k
YZAGUIRRE, J.BEEHIVE OPERATING, LLC$211
USA 2SANCHEZ-O'BRIEN OIL & GAS CORP.
GUERRA GAS UNIT"A"MERIT ENERGY COMPANY
U.S.A.-GUERRA "B" GAS UNITMERIT ENERGY COMPANY
USA 2SANCHEZ-O'BRIEN OIL & GAS CORP.
YZAGUIRRE, J.BEEHIVE OPERATING, LLC
RAMIREZ/YZAGUIRREBEEHIVE OPERATING, LLC

Field number 10041228, from the Railroad Commission's field register. The register's own index resolves 95 leases and 95 wells to this field by name, over every lease in Texas rather than only those with a page here. It resolves a lease by NAME and refuses an ambiguous one, so it counts nothing for a field that shares its name with another — which is why the lease count above comes from the field number instead.